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My wife recently got me Wastelands, an Anthology edited by John Joseph Adams for an Easter gift.  I am only a few stories into the book but I wanted to share some initial thoughts and what it has done right so far.  One of the strongest parts of the anthology thus far is the decision [...]

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Tobias Buckell, sci-fi author and blogger has a great post up about free ebooks. Lately many of the main publishers have been scrambling to launch some version of a free ebook program. In my opinion some have done it better than others. From the examples Tobias listed, Tor has done a great [...]

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Ragamuffin, Tobias Buckell’s killer follow up to Crystal Rain is on the final ballot for the Nebula award! I really enjoyed Ragamuffin and found it built really well on the universe laid out in Crystal Rain. The fact that Pepper was back and kicking ass was another huge bonus. As John Scalzi [...]

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Tobais Buckell just shared that Amazon.com has added the slick new cover art for Sly Mongoose which is his third Novel.  He has posted the trailer for Sly Mongoose on Youtube which is embedded below and once it reaches 1,000 views he will post the first chapter of Sly Mongoose online!  So please watch it [...]

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Tobias Buckell, author of Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin is currently holding a contest to find music for the trailer promoting his new novel Sly Mongoose. He shares his recommendation for listening as,
My dream layover track would be the first 1.39 of Trent Razner of Nine Inch Nails “Just Like You Imagined” (if you have [...]

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Newsweek has a long and informational interview with Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com. In the interview Bezos reveals new information about pricing, confirms features and explains the benefits of digital to authors.
Pricing: The Great News
“Amazon prices Kindle editions of New York Times best sellers and new releases in hardback at $9.99. The first [...]

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I found this picture of real hardcover book called “Print is Dead” by Jeff Gomez.
The book discusses:
Now, for the first time since the Middle Ages, all that is about to change. Newspapers are struggling for readers and relevance; downloadable music has consigned the album to the format scrap heap, and the digital revolution is now [...]

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Tobias Buckell, author of Crystal Rain and Ragamuffin had an interesting post today about the similarities between the current ebook environment and the music industry as well as what e-rights mean to many authors. If you have been reading imjosh.com for any length of time, you already know I am a huge proponent [...]

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I just caught this video on BoingBoing this morning. Run DMC was a guest on the popular Reading Rainbow series which was hosted by LeVar Burton, or as many of you know him Geordi La Forge from Star Trek:The Next Generation. The video should give you a moment to reminisce and is embedded below [...]

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Engadget broke this story last week and I am just now catching up on Amazon’s new Ebook Reader which was outed by the FCC. The Kindle is a workhorse even touting EVDO coverage for on the go downloads and possibly web browsing.  It seems as if Amazon skimped on designers and went with some off [...]

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